Hugh Hunter has bought Paul Benns car (Y4 FMC), he will be using it for the Plains this weekend.
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Hugh Hunter has bought Paul Benns car (Y4 FMC), he will be using it for the Plains this weekend.
Ok time to drag this thread back up.
The big news being there are 16 Focus WRC entered in the inaugral Rally Ireland. Nice to see such a large number and a lot of the Irish guys making their WRC debuts.
Surprises are Eamonn Boland in an 06 Focus. It looked to me like he had ditched Ford power for a Subaru but it's nice to see him in a top car.
It will be also interesting to see which car Darren Gass brings out. Hopefully he has bought an 04 car and will do a full Irish programme in it next year.
More Irish news is that apparently Stephen Moore is selling his car (EK52 NWN) to Connor McCloskey and is buying an 06 car from M-Sport for himself for next year.
http://www.rallynews.net/News/News07...s17.10.07.html
I believe Boland had ordered an 07 Focus a few months back which will not be delivered for a few months. M-Sport have lent/hired him an 06 model so he can get some seat time in. As far as I know he still has the 05 Focus and the S12.
I think Stephen Moore plans to do alot of UK forestry events in 08 in the new 06 Focus.
No idea which car Gass plans to use.
Eddie´s car is running/prepare by himself and team.Quote:
Originally Posted by padWRC
Jonas Kruses car is own by Tommy " Sillefararn" Andersson and run/prepare by his own team. ( The same people who is Renault Team in JRC with Clio R3, Kruse is the team manager there)
Mats Jonsson dont run this car anymore, the car was a loan from Tommy " Sillefararn" Andersson , now the car is back to him again.
Now maybe been drive by Mats Karlsson ...
Was reported in Motorsport News this week that Rob Atkinson (team manager of Ramsport) is wanting Andreas Mikkelsen to do either the Bulldog Rally or Cambrian Rally in a new 2006 Focus WRC. But only as Course Car. Bulldog was today and as far as im aware Mikkelsen wasnt there so there's hope that the Clerk of Course for the Cambrian will allow him to be there!
Hi all,
maybe you can help me with these questions regarding Eamonn Boland.
a.) Bolands Focus in Rally Monte Carlo was prepared by Dom Buckley, right?
b.) Was his Subaru Impreza WRC in Rally Catalunya also prepared by Dom Buckley?
c.) The 06 Focus he will use in Rally Ireland, will that also be prepared by Dom Buckley or will that be run/prepared by M-Sport (under the Stobart banner) like Bettega in Corsica?
Thanks in advance ;)
If Boland drive with the EU55 BNA, the same Bettagea drive, it will be prepaired by M-Sport. I don't think there is another Focus 06 free (offcourse the EU55 BMY, but that is van Merksteijn his car.)Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeD
Thanks,Quote:
Originally Posted by FocusChampion
I have just heard that Dom Buckley will most likely run the car for Boland in Rally Ireland - and that Dom Buckley also ran the car for van Merksteijn in the two tarmac WRC events this year. (I thought that it was his own VM Motorsport that ran that car)
Have any of you heard the same?
PS: Andreas Mikkelsen will also have an 06' Focus for Rally GB.
Dom Buckley prepared the car of van Merksteijn. Yes.
Boland has bought an 06 Focus and will debut it at a rally in Ireland this coming weekend (the name escapes me). Unsure of who will prepare it.